抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection) 铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success 拉手 lā shǒu to hold hands / to shake hands syn 击掌 擊掌 jī zhǎng to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five syn 纤手 纖手 xiān shǒu delicate hands / woman's tender and soft hands 捧 pěng to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands syn 拤 qiá to grip with both hands / to put one's hands on (one's hips) 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 摆放 擺放 bǎi fàng to set up / to arrange / to lay out syn 递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 编排 編排 biān pái to arrange / to lay out syn 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 布雷 佈雷 bù léi to lay mines 奠基 diàn jī to lay a foundation 下注 xià zhù to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet 安放 ān fàng to lay / to place / to put in a certain place syn 囤积 囤積 tún jī to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth syn 献花 獻花 xiàn huā to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial) 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 产卵 產卵 chǎn luǎn to lay eggs syn 布防 bù fáng to lay out a defense syn 建基 jiàn jī to lay foundations 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 摊牌 攤牌 tān pái to lay one's cards on the table 下蛋 xià dàn to lay eggs syn 说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal 敷设 敷設 fū shè to lay / to spread out syn 戳穿 chuō chuān to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc) syn 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat 缴械 繳械 jiǎo xiè to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender syn 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 暴露无遗 暴露無遺 bào lù wú yí to lay bare / to come to light syn 雅俗共赏 雅俗共賞 yǎ sú gòng shǎng can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism syn 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom) / fig. to cease / to give in syn 舍下 捨下 shě xià to abandon / to lay down syn 立 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately syn 铺床 鋪床 pū chuáng to make a bed / to lay bedding 铺轨 鋪軌 pū guǐ to lay railway track 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 砌砖 砌磚 qì zhuān to lay bricks / bricklaying 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 陈 陳 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale syn 供 gòng to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession / statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) syn 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 积肥 積肥 jī féi to accumulate manure / to lay down compost 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 纴 紝 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread 倒戈卸甲 dǎo gē xiè jiǎ to lay down arms 积谷防饥 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 絍 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving 执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) 凡俗 fán sú lay (as opposed to clergy) / ordinary / commonplace syn 侇 yí (literary) class / category / (literary) to place / to lay out 偫 zhì to wait for / to lay in 匿影藏形 nì yǐng cáng xíng to hide from public view / to conceal one's identity / to lay low syn 卸肩儿 卸肩兒 xiè jiān r lit. a weight off one's shoulders / fig. to resign a post / to lay down a burden / to be relieved of a job 展列 zhǎn liè to lay out one's products / to display 布下 bù xià to arrange / to lay out 捐命 juān mìng to lay down one's life 摊晒 攤曬 tān shài to lay sth out to dry 放下包袱 fàng xia bāo fu to lay down a heavy burden 放下屠刀，立地成佛 fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes 放平 fàng píng to set level / to lay flat 条陈 條陳 tiáo chén to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior syn 缴枪 繳槍 jiǎo qiāng to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm syn 订出 訂出 dìng chū to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked) 铺摊 鋪攤 pū tan to spread out / to display / to lay out a vendor's stall syn 铺炕 鋪炕 pū kàng to make a bed / to lay bedding 陈尸 陳屍 chén shī to lay out the corpse 点穿 點穿 diǎn chuān to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word 檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) 排版技术员 排版技術員 Lay-out Technician 工厂布局 工廠布局 gōng chǎng bù jú plant lay-out 襄审员 襄審員 xiāng shěn yuán lay judge 非专业法官 非專業法官 fēi zhuān yè fǎ guān lay judge 裁革 cái gé to dismiss / to lay off 鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 亮底牌 liàng dǐ pái to show one's hand / to lay one's cards on the table 铺梗 鋪梗 pū gěng (Tw) to set the scene / to lay the groundwork / to pique the interest of one's audience 垫底 墊底 diàn dǐ to put sth on the bottom / to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime / to lay the foundation / to come last in the rankings 定下 dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat) 打底子 dǎ dǐ zi to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation 动毫毛 動毫毛 dòng háo máo to lay a finger on sb / to harm sb in the slightest way 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 嬎 fàn (dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs / (archaic) to reproduce / to bear offspring 嬎蛋 fàn dàn (dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs 排布 排佈 pái bù to arrange / to lay out / (esp.) to set up (a trap) 叠放 疊放 dié fàng to stack / to lay one on top of another 裁人 cái rén to cut staff / to lay off employees 双手 雙手 shuāng shǒu both hands syn 手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands 联手 聯手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands / to act together syn 携手 攜手 xié shǒu hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate syn 